Barrio is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional, social, architectural or morphological features. In Spain, in most of Hispanic America, and in the Philippines, the term may
Jovellanos
…Jovellanos is a municipality and town in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. The municipality is divided into the barrios of Asunción, Isabel, Realengo and San José. It was founded in 1842 as Corral de la Bemba on the location of an old ranch called Bemba. It took its…
Sign marking the entrance to Barrio San Antón, one of Ponce's official barrios in Puerto Rico
Spanish signs advertising "La Casa de las Novias", "Cuchifritos" and Banco Popular are visible in a row of stores in this photo of El Barrio at Lexington and 116th in Manhattan, New York, U.S.